#8ea0a0

Color #8ea0a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea0a0

RGB

rgb(142, 160, 160)

HSL

hsl(180, 8.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 11.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.51, -6.32, -2.15)

LCH

lch(64.51, 6.68, 198.79)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0203, 196.56)

HWB

hwb(180, 55.7%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a08e8e

Analogous

#8ea097

#8ea0a0

#8e97a0

Triadic

#8ea0a0

#a08ea0

#a0a08e

Split-complementary

#8ea0a0

#a08e97

#a0978e

Tetradic

#8ea0a0

#8e8ea0

#a08e8e

#a0a08e

Square

#8ea0a0

#978ea0

#a08e8e

#97a08e

Shades

Color #8ea0a0 mixed toward black.

#738989

#5c6d6d

#455252

#2e3737

#171b1b

Tints

Color #8ea0a0 mixed toward white.

#a1b0b0

#b4c0c0

#c6d0d0

#d9dfdf

#ecefef

Tones

Color #8ea0a0 mixed toward gray.

#8f9f9f

#919d9d

#929b9b

#949a9a

#959898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a0 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#9594a0 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#8fa0a0 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea0a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea0a0]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8ea0a0 (#8ea0a0) is rgb(142, 160, 160) in RGB.

No, #8ea0a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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